Attachment for gas-burners.



P. 1. BORACCI.

ATTACHMENT FOR GAS BURNERS.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 13. 1916.

Patented Jan. 23, 1917.

PASQUALE JOHN BORACCI, 0]? LONG" ISLAND CITY, NEW YORK.

ATTACHMENT ron GAS-BURNERS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J an. 23, 1917.

Application filed June 13, 1916. Serial No. 103,493.

To all whom it may concern:

Be. it known that I, PASQUALE J. BORACOI, a citizen of Italy, residingat Long Island City, in the county of Queens, State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Attachments for Gas-Burners; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to attachments for gas burners and has specialreference to an attachment of this character designed to enable a personto heat water, milk or the like and which may be readily applied to,

or detached from a gas burner of the ordinary type.

The principal object of the invention is to provide an improved,simplified and economical device of this character wherein the partswill be especially adapted for being manufactured from sheet metal to agreat extent and will be few in number so as to minimize the extent ofsoldering or riveting required in assembling the device.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of this characterwherein certain of the parts operate both to hold the heating plate andto prevent accidental slipping of the vessel containing the liquid to beheated from the attachment.

With the above and other objects in view, as will be hereinafterapparent the invention consists in general of certain novel details ofconstruction and combinations of parts hereinafter fully described,illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and specifically claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, like characters of referencev indicatelike parts in the several views, and Figure 1 is a side elevation of thedevice; Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof; Fig. 3 is a vertical mediansection through the device.

In the embodiment of the invention herein illustrated, and which it isto be understood as being capable of manufacture in various sizes andproportions so that the device may be used for diiierent sizes ofburners and flames, there has been disclosed a device of this characterwhich is provided with a tubular member 10 adapted to fit over theburner. Extending from this tubular member are legs which are composedof the lower sections 11 and upper sections 12, the latter beingprovided with eyes 13 wherethrough the extremities of the lower sections11 pass. In order to hold the two sections in adjusted positions, theadjustment being permitted by reason of the slipping of the lowersection through the eyes 13 there is provided a. set screw 14 whichextends through the upper section 12 and binds against the lower section11 between said eyes 13. It is to be noted that both the lower and uppersections are made of material which, while stiii enough to supporttheweight of the vessel desired to be heated, are yet capable of being bentor sprung slightly so as to permit of the adjustment above noted. v

Secured to the upper ends of the legs 12 is a frusto-conical hood 14which is of such Width as to receive all of the heat ascending from theflame of the burner. Around the upper part of this hood 14 is a flange15 forming a collar and this flange is provided with a series ofopenings or perforations 16 spaced horizontally about the flange. Thehood and flange are formed integrally of sheet metal of suiiicientthickness for the purpose and the flange has projecting therefromoutwardly and upwardly extending radial fingers 17 which have theirextremities bent upwardly and inwardly as at 18. These fingers andextremities are formed by slitting the sheet metal downward from theupper end of the flange and bending the same as shown.

At 19 is a circular plate which is adapted to receive the vessel whichis to be heated. This plate is positioned between the extremities 18 onthe outer ends of the bodies of the fingers 17 so that the edge of theplate 19 rests in the angles formed between the bodies and extremitiesof said fingers and is held from dislodgment by said extremities. Thusthe hood, flange, and fingers are'formed fromone piece of sheet metal,the plate 19 is formed from a second piece, and the remainder of thedevice is also simple and economical in construction. Furthermore, theextremities 18 of the fingers serve a double purpose inasmuch as theyhold the plate 19 in position, and at the same time prevent sidewiseslipping of a vessel resting on the plate from passing off laterally.

It is to be noted that the upward and outward arrangement of the fingers17 forms triangular openings 20 so that the outer edges of the plate maybe thoroughly heated.

There has thus been provided a simple and efficient device of the kinddescribed and for the purpose specified.

It is obvious that many minor changes may be made in the, form andconstruction of the invention without departing from the materialprinciples thereof. It is not therefore desired to confine the inventionto the exact form hereinshown and described but it is wished to includeall such as properly come within the scope claimed.

What is claimed is:

1. An attachment for gas burners comprising a tubular I member adaptedto fit over the burner, legsextending outward and upward from themember, a frusto-conical hood secured to the upper ends of the legs, aflange extending upward from the top of the hood and provided with aseries of openings spaced horizontally about the flange, outwardly andupwardly extending fingers radiating from the top of the flange andhaving upwardly extending extremities bent slightly inward, and a plateheld on the fingers in the angles thereof.

2. An attachment for gas burners com prising a tubular member adapted tofit over the burner, legs extending outward and upward from the member,a frusto-conical hood secured to the upper ends of the legs. a flangeextending upward from the top of the hood and provided with a series ofopen ings spaced horizontally about the flange, the upper edge of theflange being split and bent to provide outwardly and upwardly extendingfingers radiating from the top of the flange and having upwardlyextending extremities bent slightly inward, and a plate held on thefingers in the angles thereof.

In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature, in the presence of twowitnesses.

PASQUALE JOHN BOB-ACCT.

Witnesses GIUsErPn BIANCHI, PAOLO GIANNINI.

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Washington, I). 0.

